Plant Operator Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Plant Operator Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Plant Operator role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Plant Operator job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 35% of Plant Operator job descriptions contained manufacturing engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing engineer
35%
machine operator
33%
graduate mechanical engineer
30%
junior electrical technician
30%
junior production operative
30%
manufacturing operative
30%
mechanical technician
30%
production technician
30%
engineering
28%
trainee repair engineer
25%
engineer
25%
maintenance
18%
plant
18%
treatment
18%
water
18%
mechanical engineer
18%
manufacturing
15%
electrical
15%
mechanical
13%
belfast
13%
electricians
13%
industrial
13%
ireland
13%
lurgan
13%
northern
13%
omagh
13%
milling
10%
operator
10%
miller
10%
machinery
10%
fitter
10%
fitting
10%
factory
8%
mechanic
8%
plant fitter
8%
senior plant operator
8%
process
8%
fmcg
8%
automation
5%
production operator
5%
mechanical engineering
5%
metal fabrication
5%
mig welding
5%
telehandler
5%
plant operative
5%
hygiene
5%
operative
5%
operating
5%
wastewater
5%
workshop
5%
cnc
5%
maintenance engineer
5%
equipment
5%
processing
5%
maintaining
5%
chemical
5%
plc
5%
ppm
5%
reactive
5%
wiring
5%
lathe
5%
machining
5%
cnc machine setter operator
5%
cnc machinist
5%
cnc operator
5%
machine operative
5%
machine technician
5%
toolmaking
5%
turner
5%
kaizen
5%
management
5%
erp
5%
technology plant engineer
5%
cardboard
3%
warminster
3%
electro-mechanical
3%
production
3%
multi-skilled
3%
press
3%
grinders
3%
fuel engineer
3%
oil
3%
blackpool
3%
caterpillar
3%
construction equipment
3%
field service engineer
3%
heavy plant
3%
hydraulics
3%
liverpool
3%
manchester
3%
process operative
3%
components
3%
motor vehicle
3%
servicing
3%
vehicle maintenance
3%
machines
3%
assembly
3%
essex
3%
grays
3%
plant operator
3%
purfleet
3%
rainham
3%
mechanical operator
3%
automotive
3%
control
3%
electric
3%
electrical maintenance
3%
fault finding
3%
inspecting
3%
multi skilled
3%
process machinery
3%
repairs
3%
schematics
3%
testing
3%
electrical engineering
3%
engineering drawings
3%
hydraulic
3%
kanban
3%
kpi
3%
production line
3%
shift
3%
siemens
3%
six sigma
3%
allen bradley
3%
continuous improvements
3%
lean
3%
mitsubishi
3%
omron
3%
food
3%
lean manufacturing
3%
quality
3%
sop's
3%
tpm
3%
continuous improvement
3%
manufacturing processes
3%
process engineer
3%
assembling
3%
brewery
3%
repairing
3%
science
3%
technical
3%
technician
3%
water treatment
3%
assemble
3%
cooling systems
3%
legionella
3%
pumping stations
3%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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